The Rabbit of the Chinese Zodiac

The jade rabbit is the moon, Chang'e flies to the moon, and the story of the jade rabbit in the toad palace has its own artistic charm that will last forever. "Tai Ping Yu Lan" quoted Fu Xuan of the Jin Dynasty in "Xiantian Wen": "Where is the moon? The jade rabbit pounds medicine." This beautiful legend enriches the image of the jade rabbit in the circulation and becomes more and more full. On the New Year picture, Chang'e , who is flying to the moon, is holding a little rabbit , which is really cute. The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th is celebrated for the annual Mid-Autumn Festival.

Tao Gu of the Song Dynasty "Cleansing Different Records·Dishes": "Guild soup, pure rabbit." Rabbit is a Chinese zodiac and belongs to criminals. The ancients called rabbit broth as criminal soup. In the Han nationality, there is a custom to avoid rabbit meat. Because rabbits have a mouth open, pregnant women are prohibited from eating rabbit meat during pregnancy to prevent their children from being mouth open. There is also the custom of giving rabbit paintings to children. In the painting, there are six children around a table, and a person holding a bunny auspicious picture stands on the table, wishing the children who received the gift a peaceful life and a better life.

Speaking of white rabbits, many people will think of myths and legends about the moon, such as Chang'e flying to the moon. Legend has it that the ancient god archer Hou Yi shot down nine of the ten suns in the sky, restored the heavens and the earth, and saved everything in the world. The Western Queen gave him the elixir of life, and his wife Chang'e stole the elixir out of curiosity and hugged him. The rabbit at home flew to the moon. From then on, the lonely Chang'e stayed with the white rabbit in the moon palace. This theme is commonly seen in folk New Year paintings. In Jin Dynasty Fu Xuan's "Xiantianwen", there is "Where is the moon in the middle of the month, the jade rabbit makes medicine". Li Bai's "Nine of the Twelve Imitating Ancient Poems" said: "The moon rabbit has nothing to do with medicine, and the Fusang has been paid."

In the Chinese zodiac, all six animals are selected, but the rabbit is not among the six animals. Why is it also listed in the Chinese zodiac? It turned out that the ancient rabbit was a sacrificed animal. In some records handed down in ancient times, there are incidents of rabbits being used as sacrifices. Sacrifice was an extremely important event in ancient times, and rabbits were classified as animals, which has a deeper cultural connotation. Among the sacrificed animals, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, dogs, plus horses, are exactly six animals. In fact, the ancient horse was a symbol of the combat effectiveness of a country's army. Therefore, in the sacrifice, horses could not be killed, and rabbits were used instead of horses.

No. 1:

Monkeys and rabbits are often bullied by foxes, so they discuss how to teach them a lesson. One day, the fox wanted to eat horse meat, but he couldn't catch up with the horse, so he came to the monkey and the rabbit to give an idea. The monkey's eyeballs turned and he thought about it He said to the fox, "It's not easy to do. If you tie your tails together, can it still get rid of you?" The fox thought it made sense and decided to try it that night. At night, the monkey He and the rabbit followed the fox to the stable. The monkey sat on the branch, and the rabbit squatted under the roots of the tree. Watching the fox crawl into the stable while the horse was asleep, he tied their tails together. It was just a bite at the horse's ass. The horse was frightened and got up and ran without turning around to see what was dragging its tail. The fox yelled as it was being dragged, and the hair on its belly was all white. The monkey saw it. With a happy jump, he fell to the ground and squatted into a red bottom. The rabbit smiled happily and grinned into a three-petal mouth. The horse never dared to lie down and sleep anymore.

No. 2:

According to legend, the king of Shang Zhou wanted to find out whether Hou Jichang of Xibo had an antipathy. Hou Jichang of Xibo had a son, Boyi, who had excellent piano skills, so he ordered Boyi to come to teach Aifei Daji. Daji saw that Bo Yi was handsome in the exam, and she liked it, and tried to be lighter than him. He was helpless, and the gentleman Bo Yi had no evil intentions in the exam. Annoyed Daji and accused him of molesting himself and complaining to King Zhou. King Zhou was furious and ordered people to kill him and make pies, giving Ji Chang food. Although Ji Chang knows the meat of his son, but in order to save his life, he wants to avenge him and eats it according to its deliciousness. King Zhou was relieved. And the heart between the beloved son and the belly is like a knife. Feeling uncomfortable in the belly, on the way, the wind blew, and all the vomits turned into three rabbits and ran away. The rabbit is the origin of "spit child"!

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The body of the Dragon King was typhoid, and dozens of sneezes were required every day. The world suddenly became a vast ocean, and water flowed everywhere. The snake looked at the fat and fat rabbit, suddenly intent on killing. "Sister Rabbit, what do you see over there?" the snake said, pointing to a piece of grass on the mountain. "Grass, it's not easy to find a piece of tender grass without mud these years. The rabbit ran towards the weeds, and the snake's mouth opened quietly..."Oh, what are you doing? what? "The rabbit was shocked and jumped up to a foot high, but the snake still bit the rabbit's tail. Just then, the rooster and the mouse appeared. "You hateful fellow, you don't want to go through the disaster. Difficulties, but always thinking about eating your friends! "The mouse said indignantly.? Aow! Suddenly there was a long and deafening roar. It turned out that the tiger was coming. The tiger slowly walked to the snake's side, and cows, dogs, horses, sheep, monkeys, and pigs came with him. Before the tiger could speak, the dog rushed to the snake and kicked the snake away: "You vicious fellow, I will trample you to death. "The cows, horses and sheep were also staring at the snake, beside the monkeys and pigs who were ready to stand up at any time. The rabbit was saved, but her tail had already turned blue. "Quickly cut off her tail, otherwise She will die. "The tiger roared. A healthy walk, sharp teeth bit the rabbit's tail. Later, relying on the cleverness of the rabbit, everyone calmly handled the flood. After the flood, the rabbit became an animal without a tail. However, everyone She enlightened her every time: "It wouldn't be better without a tail. If you encounter danger in the future, it wo n't be more convenient to escape ! "After listening to everyone's enlightenment, the rabbit slowly wanted to go away, and gradually accepted the fact that there is no tail.

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